Lu Da nodded and reminded the squadron soldiers. He was also a veteran and had a lot of experience. Generally speaking, new officers are matched with veteran commanders. The responsibility of the sergeant commanders is to assist officers in managing veteran combat soldiers. The position of the new officer is higher than that of the soldiers, but it is not easy to get their love. It requires real talents to come out, and it takes time to go out at the same time. The sergeant commanders of each department are recommended among veterans and have the richest experience. Secondly, they must have courage and dare to stand in front of the queue to encourage soldiers to move forward bravely. At the same time, they must coordinate the relationship between soldiers and soldiers, and coordinate the relationship between officers and soldiers. At the same time, they have a greater say in daily training and management.

This is also Zhang Han's theory. The number of veterans and the status of veterans in an army directly determine the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the army. The more veterans and the higher the status, the stronger the combat effectiveness of the army.

Such an army may be defeated, but it will never be like the Ming army. Facing the charge of the enemy cavalry and the diffuse of the bow on the horse, the team will collapse directly. Not to mention ordinary small officers, even the generals, the deputy generals can't suppress it. Lu Da knew that his brother Lu Si was also a squadron-level sergeant, and Lu Si had already mentioned in the letter that he had to pass the officer exam. He hoped that Lu Si could pass the Lu family, except for Lu San who had already died in battle, the other brothers had their own developments... Lu Da of course hoped that the fourth brothers could become an officer. The fourth brothers were still young and looked pretty, but in fact they had a ruthless spirit. In terms of development, Lu Da felt that the fourth brothers had a better future than the second brother...

Of course, Lu Da couldn't say these words. Lu Dafu had already taken office as the commander of the camp. He had a lot of official positions, and was good at dancing and was good at making connections. This was incomparable to Lu Si, who was full of hostility and cruelty.

Shaking his head and removing the meaningless thoughts in the morning, Lu Da looked at the sea. The sea was calm. The typhoon that had been raging for several days finally subsided. This was very happy. The walrus was almost motionless in a blue mirror. Looking back, the wind was still strong yesterday, and the waves on the sea were surging...

"Sergeant, leave."

The squadron leader on both sides made a handover, and the squadron leader on Lu Da’s side called Lu Da to leave.

Of course, he is not responsible for this squadron when leaving. He can not take the turn or get in the squadron. At most, he can go to each company to see the specific situation. He can usually stay in the battalion headquarters. However, Lu Da is obviously not the kind of idle person. When he has free time, he will get in to each squadron, and sometimes he will follow the team to perform tasks...

I was full of admiration for this old sergeant.

In fact, Lu Da was only 35 or 36 years old, and his children were less than two years old... Lu Da used to be a bachelor. The four brothers in the family were so poor that they could not get rid of the blame. No woman would marry into the old Lu family. Later, Lu Dafu joined the army first, and the four brothers were taken out by Lu Dafu. Although Lu San died, he left his bones and blood. The brothers got married and had children. Only Lu Si got married and ran around with the army shortly after he got married, and he had no children yet. Lu Da had no worries or ties. He had parents and wives and wives at home, and had a lot of land. The military department took good care of the remaining soldiers who fell into battle. No one could bully him. He devoted all his thoughts to the army, and of course he also received the love and respect of everyone.

"Well..." Lu Da nodded again and said with a smile: "After I go back, I cook for everyone myself, cook with rice and oysters, sprinkle some chopped green onions, which is a very delicious..."

The squadron leader smiled and said, "Sergeant, you are going to make me saliva..."

Lu Dadao: "I'm sorry for myself if I don't eat seafood in the nearshore areas. By the way, you can also add some scallops. The shrimp we caught a few days ago will be dried and put in the porridge."

This is a pot of serious seafood porridge. Just think about it and you will know it is extremely delicious. Many soldiers laughed when they heard it.

Lu Da is not a shame. He is actually a sergeant commander than Lian, but he still often cooks and does not pride himself on his identity. Anyway, everyone knows his original identity as the leader of the auxiliary army and has never concealed it.

Lu Da laughed and walked back along the official road with everyone. This was a large gentle slope with green grass. On the slope was a tree-shaded land. There was originally a large area of ​​turf, but now it has been shoveled and changed to sugarcane fields. The sugarcane grows lushly and complements the rice. It makes people feel happy when they see it. Walking down a hundred steps away is the beach. There are many small crabs running back in the morning sun, but no one goes to catch it... This thing cannot be eaten and it is useless to catch it. Only children who run out of the tun castle to play will pick up these small crabs on the beach for fun. Below the beach is the tide that is washed up. Fishing boats will appear in the sea after a while. Dozens of small boats fish on the sea every day to provide for tens of thousands of people on the island to eat...

Behind me is a stream that looks like a river. Along the stream are mountains. After passing the stream, one hundred and fifty miles away, he is a master, which is where the city of Relanzha is located.

The two major forces are more than a hundred miles apart, but they are really close together. Sometimes the soldiers guarding the fort can hear the sound of muskets in the mountains more than ten miles away. I thought it was the Dutch who captured the alpine natives in the mountains not far away. In order to avoid unnecessary friction, the garrison of the Fourth Regiment did not mean to interfere... With the improvement of Hutchison's relationship with indigenous people, more and more indigenous people have moved to the areas controlled by Hutchison, and the Dutch have had to continue to go deeper here. Both sides know that war is inevitable just by such friction and territorial grabbing.

Lu Da, who was in a happy mood, finally glanced at the sea. He planned to come back after resting and asked Lao Wang, who was fishing, to ask for some good fresh sea fish. After cutting them into pieces, stew the fish to replenish the young men who were on duty tonight. Staying up late is very harmful to the body, especially in this tense atmosphere. Even if there is an hour of rest, ordinary officers and soldiers can't sleep well. After staying up all night, they can be said to be very damaged.

Originally, when I saw it casually, Lu Da's figure suddenly stopped.

Everyone saw Lu Da stopping, and his face became a little nervous. Fortunately, Lu Da's nervousness was only a matter of a moment, and soon he recovered his calmness. Lu Da pointed to the sea and said to everyone: "Look, the Red Barbarian Ship is coming!"

The entire squadron turned around quickly, and more than fifty people made a uniform turn on the seawall.

On the quiet sea, a fleet was sailing down the wind and coming quickly.

"The day of the decisive battle is here." Lu Da's face had turned purple and black. He grinned and said, "Hurry up and ask the personnel in the fortress to fire the cannon and set off wolf smoke!"

There is no doubt that the decisive battle day will come, but people really didn't expect that it would be so soon. The day after Sun Jingting and the senior military chiefs arrived, the Dutch drove a large ship to seek the decisive battle.

"One, two, three, four..." A team officer began to count the opponent's ships, and the more he counted, the ugly his face became.

Lu Da was also observing that there should be seven serious ships, all serious large warships with more than a dozen or twenty artillery guns on both sides. In addition to the large warships, they are the O-type Dutch merchant ships.

After long-term study, Lu Da and his team could clearly distinguish the various types of ships such as Galen ship, Clark sailing ship, Dutch merchant ship, etc., and the approximate tonnage and the number of artillery on the ship.

"Eight Galen ships, warships, eleven Dutch merchant ships, a total of nineteen warships of all sizes." Lu Da reported the numbers with a calm face, and his heart had already sunk.

The squadron leader was also as if he was in a dim face and said, "The Red Wilds quietly mobilized the main fleet. I heard that their permanent warships in Batavia were only six."

"It should be specially strengthened to fight our wars." Lu Da said, then looked at the merchant ships and said, "But what is really difficult to deal with is warships, and the Dutch merchant ships do not count."

The Dutch merchant ships were famous ghost ships in later generations, and they had the image of Dutch ghost ships in some influence dramas and even cartoons. Because in order to seize the territory of the colonies and seas, the Dutch built a large number of merchant ships in addition to large-scale warships. Because they were merchant ships, they did not need to use a lot of materials like the Galen warship, which was extremely sturdy. The problem brought about is relatively clumsy. The merchant ships were lightweight as much as possible, reducing the number of weapons and sailors, increasing the cargo holds for cargo, and increasing the waterline space, making the merchant ships a wide and round hull in the shape of O-shaped, which made the Dutch merchant ships lightweight, high-speed, and high cargo loads. They usually dry and store the cut wood. They took out the hull to connect them, which made the hull very much.

The square is to inlaid with wood, which greatly reduces the time and cost of crew building. But because of this, Dutch merchant ships have various characteristics of deep draft, thin hull, and difficult to repair after leakage. They are also the most susceptible sailboat in this era... Of course, this easiest sunk is also relative. The great voyage of this era is not as romantic as later generations think, and it is not a game. Every three ships set off from Europe, there must be one sinking, typhoons, big waves, reefs, pirates. Under countless risks, no matter what ship sinks or does not sink, it is mostly God's will, that is, the risk of large warships over a thousand tons is smaller. After all, ordinary wind and waves can resist the past and cannot be robbed and killed by pirates.

At this time, the cannons had already sounded, and several turrets along the coast were firing, and at the same time, the sound of wolf smoke and gongs were lit.
Chapter completed!